This bright orange butterfly occurs in the southern areas of North America, with similar species in the Southwest. Share your favorite moments of summer right from your backyard– including birds, blooms, butterflies and all the beauty that this warm season has to offer.

These tiny butterflies can often be found in the margins of roadways along with several of the grass skippers, Phaon crescents and Checkered White butterflies. These tiny butterflies can often be found in the margins of roadways along with several of the grass skippers, Phaon crescents and Checkered White butterflies. Orange Sulphur (Colias eurytheme) after being refrigerated, then posed, it's ready for release. Wild Senna, Red Clover*, White Clover* The individual pictured at top right was freed from the grip of an ambush bug. Some species from Northern Ontario are missing, but I hope to add them in the future. A sulphur with bright orange and black markings, with a distinguishing black spot on the forewing. It's unclear where the common name comes from; one source even suggests that the narrow little black spot on the upper wing resembles a closed or sleepy eye. It is enlightening to learn that the name’s origin derives from wing pattern rather than flight speed. It will be refrigerated so I can take a picture of it. The White form females are very difficult to distinguish from the White form Clouded Sulphur. Females show considerably more black on the upperwings than Bush Sulphur Pyrisitia dina and often have a reddish tinge on the underwings with reddish cross lines. This one is on Statice. Habitat: They can be found near fields, on the side of roads and woods, near swamps and woods and wet or damp meadows. Nectar Plants (What is this? Notes: Spotted it at Torreya SP, an old Civil War Battery to protect the Apalachicola River from Northern Aggression. View picture of Sleepy Orange (Eurema nicippe) at Dave's Garden.

Sleepy Orange (Abaeis nicippe). Anyone who has ever watched a Sleepy Orange zip through a field or dart across a road knows there is nothing “sleepy” about its behavior. The Sleepy Orange butterfly (Eurema nicippe) is a common, widely distributed species in the United States.Similar to the Orange Sulphur.. Family: Whites and Sulphurs (Pieridae) Subfamily: Sulphur (Coliadinae) Average Wingspan: 1 1/2" - 2 1/4" Habitat: Open areas, roadsides, fields, gardens Plants That Attract This Butterfly. All pictures are contributed by our community. Individuals are bright orange with wide black borders on the dorsal side of the wings. Click here to submit your photo!
Sleepy Orange (Eurema nicippe) is a diminutive and abundant Florida butterfly in the sulphur family.The adults are brilliant orange-yellow with black margins on their wing edges and a black eyespot on their forewing. It just needs to warm up. Previous Next. Sleepy Orange (Eurema nicippe) is a diminutive and abundant Florida butterfly in the sulphur family.The adults are brilliant orange-yellow with black margins on their wing edges and a black eyespot on their forewing.

Home > Galleries > July Photo Challenge 2015 > Sleepy Orange Sulphur on Lantana. The underside shows a background which varies seasonally from bright greenish-yellow in summer to a duller brown in winter. Its flight isn't particularly sleepy, typical of the sulphur butterfly group. When viewed dorsally, the orange colour for which it is named is easily visible ( compare to dorsal view of Clouded Sulphur). The only other orange and black species of this size is Orange Sulphur Colias eurytheme but that is a very rare straggler from Florida.

Both the Clouded Sulphur and Orange Sulphur are medium-sized butterflies, with rounded wings; the Clouded Sulphur is a lemon yellow, whlle the Orange sulphur is orange. July Photo Challenge 2015 This month's theme is Backyard Favorites. Many of the species featured here can be found in …

your own Pins on Pinterest Orange Sulphur (Colias eurytheme) posed (refrigerated then posed for picture taking no pins used) Orange Sulphur (Colias eurytheme) captured in a jar. Sleepy Orange Butterfly. Eurema nicippe.
Sleepy Orange Eurema nicippe WHITE AND SULPHUR FAMILY (Pieridae) Description This orange butterfly has a wingspan of approximately 1 3/4 inches. This site provides a handy guide to the butterflies of Ontario, with English and French common names, scientific names, and other useful information. Size: 1.4" - 2.0" Host plants: cassia, wild sennas, partridge pea, clover The plant it’s eating is wild senna (Senna hebecarpa), which I picked up back in spring 2015 because Prairie Moon Nursery called them under-appreciated and Illinois Wildflowers said the seeds were sometimes eaten by gamebirds (don’t think we’ve actually got any of those, but if we do I absolutely want them to show up).